why does the desktop internet feel like a ghost town?
Everyone uses mobile and apps
>>109054220Define "desktop internet".
>>109054220Because the internet has been invaded by zoomers and third worlders, the latter of which have only ever used the internet through old android phones.>>109054254What captain obvious said
>>109054262NTA but what comes to my mind is forums, flash content like browser games and browser mmos, simpler web design, older style chatrooms, etc.
>>109054262horizontal 16:9 or 4:3
>>109054220Previosuly Discord currently chatgptTheres just no need to ask questions on the internet anymore
Where do "people" even go on the internet? Seems like everything is content creator lurker model now.
>>109054346You don't go anywhere on the internet. You tap on your app of choice and the algorithmic feed serves you videos you have no control over like its a slot machine.
>>109054278>flash contentAre you ok
>>109054368If you see a post that you have a hard time deciphering you should try to use context clues to figure out what it means. I guess to dumb it down, think of html5 content that serves a similar function as flash content would have in the past.If you're under 25 you wouldn't understand
>>109054220go outside retard
>>109054694most people outside are staring on their phones gazing into the new internet.
>>109054825>My grandfather (Gen X)Underage b&
>>109054853I'm 23
>>109054861i doubt itim 23 and my father is a baby boomer
>>109054761skill issue
>>109054890are you retarded?
>>109054853NTA but the oldest gen X was born 1965, it's unlikely but possible for a 60 year old to be a grandparent to a 23 year old (he would have been 37 when his grandson was born, could've had kids when he was 18-19 and his children also had children when they were 18-19)
people don't want to be around millennials because you are so obnoxious, but you aren't ready to hear that yet
>>109054911No man has kids at 20, let alone 18 unless they are white trailer trash. Say 25 for him and his Son in a civilized society would put this child's date of birth in 2015 making him Gen Alpha.
>>109054919You must be extremely obnoxious and retarded if you think this is what's happening when Millennials were the last generation to become adults before smartphones and the average Zoomer (You) are addicted to porn and short form content.
>>109054911He's in his late 70s so I guess I got the generations mixed up. He's how I think of Gen X though.When it comes to boomers I think of my great grandfather who apologized to me on behalf of all boomers for making the world worse before he died.
>>109054960best way to avoid soillennials to avoid the "desktop internet" as OP called itit really is that simple
>>109055001You are culturally erasing elder zoomers
>>109055001i would rather be with soillennialls than zoomers and gen alphas
>>109054944>in a civilized societybro this is an american website
>>109055077tbf even elder zoomers, like millenials, accepted the destruction of the "desktop internet"The only real attempt to revive and preserve it I've seen has been pi.fyi, but over the years I've learned not to trust these more niche platforms as the admin is either too immature to effectively run such a platform or the community becomes closed around an exclusive "site culture" (I want to post chud essays about Evola in a semi-normative manner without 99% of the site spam reporting me and harassing me for not sharing their political bend)
>>109054220ameritrannies ruined internet
>>109055246you unironically deserve to be banned, i would report you as well if i saw that. post your slop on substack or twitter where it belongs
>>109055302And this is why nothing new will kick off. Why don't you go to BlueSky or Mastodon if you can't handle being on the same platform as some dumbass chud?YouTube, Twitter and MySpace didn't get popular by pandering to the loudest contingent of their userbase. All they did was encourage creativity and engagement.Not even complaining about "muh free speech" or "why don't people respect my opinion". Just stating a platform should contain a multitude of communities, not exist as a self serving community for the platform.
>>109055302Perfect example of why the internet is dying, people are burnt out on dealing with this shit.
>>109054220The people left, what's left online is barely human, never mind qualifies as a person with a soul.
>>109055391Fascism has become so mainstream that gen alphas and zoom zooms on tiktok and instagram will be casually dropping hate speech, even big subreddits on reddit will be full of anti-immigration comments and Azovite anti-russian Nazism with thousands of upvotes.No one wants to hear your ideological fascism and race science on the old web. anyone above the age of 22-25 is already tired of people like you thinking the N word is funny and seeing it being spammed on any platform with 0 to minimal moderation. You are literally as dumb & low iq as the brown people you think are parasites for living off food stamps.
>>109055569Its so interesting to me that you can't make the connection as to why this is happening.
>>109055594For the same reason engagement bait, ragebait and inflammatory content are happening. There is no correlation between that and anything related to real life. If this was 2015 with all the muslim attacks in Europe you'd have a point retard-kun.
>>109055569Except I'm not talking about fascism, I'm talking about the dynamics of communities and platforms on the internet. You replying to me actually proves me right, because despite this site being full of chuds, nerds, contrarians, punks and other extravagant characters. Even if you don't realize it, you're engagement is driven by the diversity of perspectives expressed here.>>109055651Just like the boomers, on your deathbed you will apologize on behalf of your generation for enabling wokism.
>>109055569Hate won. Where my nigger word chuds at Holla girls WE WON
>>109055569Because people like that make you get banned so you just leave those sites for retarded pussies like him. They circle jerk between 10 guys and they're good with it.
>>109054220because clearnet is dead. nearly everything happens in the deep web (i.e. on sites not accessible via web search)>browsable forums, communities, etc. are dead. you have a few niche sites, but they're buried like in page 50. now it's mostly algoslop with borderline non-existent search functions>a good chunk of online activity takes place on encrypted chat channels like telegram, discuck, etc.>normgroids flocked to locked down platforms like faceberg, tiktok, twatter, bluefaggot, etc.>nearly every site on the internet requires a login, including most newspapers. even e-commerce sites are starting to demand a login just to browse>personal sites and blogs are no more. self-hosting your own website is strongly discouraged (bots, scrapers, cloudflare DDoSes your site until you bend the knee)as a result, nothing's left
>>109054220jews
>>109054278>simpler web designI'd actually argue for the opposite. Most website designs are simplified for shitty tiny mobile screens as a priority with desktop view as an afterthought. We ought to have websites which dont have a fuckton of whitespace on modern monitors.
>>109054220Forums died.
>>109056275Heckin basederino!!https://youtu.be/cffeupFAxGY
>>109054278All moved to Discord walled off gardens
>>109056478your le good 2005 website is a 600-800px sliver in 10-12pt fontit maybe looked 'large' and populated on a 1280x800px 2003 sony vaio or apple ibook display with 30% of the screen vertical space taken by ie6/firefox/opera toolbars
>>109054220Everyone moved on to superior platforms—you do have a phone, right?
>>109055569>anti-russian NazismYou will never be white Ivan.
>>109054220it is... it's returning to form.desktops are gonna be niche again.
>>109056869>a 1280x800px 2003 sony vaio1280x800 wasn't a resolution in 2003, that became widespread in like 2008.
